The Diné filmmaker, musician, and activist whose work centered land rights, Indigenous liberation, and climate justice died in December at the age of 48.
Remembering Klee Benally, a Navajo activist and artist who championed Indigenous causes ksut.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ksut.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Reverberations of a loss and dismay echoed across northern Arizona last week after Klee Benally, Navajo activists, musician and Indigenous and environmental advocate died in a Phoenix hospital Dec. 30.
A celebration of life for beloved Diné activist Klee Benally is being held at 2 pm on January 6 at the Orpheum Theatre in Kinłání, Occupied Territories (Flagstaff, Ariz.). Benally advocated for the cleanup of abandoned mines, where uranium ore was extracted from the Navajo Nation over decades to support U.S. nuclear activities during the Cold War. Benally grew up being taught traditional Navajo culture by his father, Jones Benally, a well-known hataałii (medicine man).